Day 2, spent in Purgatory

Up early again for a walk, this time I went by myself. No one was up that early. I tried to walk farther than the day before when we went about a mile up Lime Creek Road. I may have made it about a mile and a half.

This is Lime Creek Road. I love the green/blue/white/tan color palette.

Lots of great views along the road

And lots of pretty flowers this time of year.

There is so much to look at and wonder about and exclaim over!

The blue iris in the grass around the lodge. There were bunches of these in full peak bloom!

Matt and Katheryn arrived last night. This is my first view of Matt this morning. He's still Matt. A week of marriage hasn't changed him. Yes, they spent several days with extended family on their honeymoon.

Big event of the day: Purgatory resort.

Jim went with Katie and 3 kids to the alpine slides.

Matt and Katheryn went on the alpine slides too

Jenni and Rowan on their way up the scenic chairlift ridge, which was my plan as well.

Snow is still piled close to the trees, even into late June.

Jenni and Rowan coming back around at the top of the hill before I made the u-turn

Mountain bikers can take the chair lift up the hill (their bikes go on separate chairs on the lift) and they can whiz down the hill to experience the thrill of risking life and limb on a bicycle.

Engineer Mountain from the chair lift

Such nice scenery

A little face

A deer in the trees behind the lodge

short hike with the kids to a stream down the hill

The stream

Girls at the stream

After my dinner of cowboy stew, we had wedding cake for Matthew and Katheryn.

We sang "Happy wedding to you"

They feed each other first bites of cake, while Jackson makes a face. I think maybe someone was trying to pull him out of the picture, but his face totally makes the picture!